After ”Exploring Mexico“,  I decided to Visit the Russian Red Square on  Moscow Island and I found that it’s something worth writing about. While there, I discovered that there is actually a lot more to see than just the Red Square. There are 6 sims on Russia Island so you’ll have a lot of exploring to do.

Before I begin, I have to share with you that I had the great privilege to actually meet the creator of all this: Jess Saiman (the creator) and also Vega Pilipenko (the “Mayor of SL - Moscow” ), which in reality are sisters. In creating “Russia” you can see that a lot of time and effort was put into trying to bring to reality the beauty of the most popular places. The great architecture of each building is duplication of the real one. I also have to mention that if it wasn’t for Musasi Tanabe none of this would exist. I compliment all of you for creating such beauty and allowing SL to get a glimpse of the true Russia.

Real facts: “Red Square (Russian: Красная площадь, Krasnaya ploshchad) is the most famous city square in Moscow. The square separates the Kremlin, the former royal citadel and currently the official residence of the President of Russia, from a historic merchant quarter known as Kitay-gorod. As major streets of Moscow radiate from here in all directions, being promoted to major highways outside the city, the Red Square is often considered the central square of Moscow and of all Russia.” (from wikipedia)

In RL the Red Square is famous for its uniqueness and for its beautiful architecture and in SL you’ll see that the creator brought to life the exact same replica.

The most faimous in the Red Square is Saint Basil’s Cathedral which it’s recognized for it’s beautiful architecture. Here you don’t only get to admire it from the outside but you can actually go inside of it through the left side of the building. The entrance brings you through a labyrinth of hallways and as you turn the corner you’ll find a door where you enter into a grand room and you’ll be mesmerized by the rich pictures of beautiful Ortodox icons surrounding the room and as you study each one it almost takes you back in time through the painter’s eyes. Outside in from on the building in the courtyard there is a statue of two worriers dating back to 1818 and the Russian writing on the statue translates “to the Citizen Minin and Count Pojarsky in appreciation from Russia”. If you like to learn more about the real Cathedral go to the links at the bottom of the page.

Each building in the Red Square is a legend in it’s own right. One of these is Lenin’s Mausoleum, where …

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From official Grid Status Report:

“We are slipping the rolling restart times by one day, so that the pilot roll will be Wednesday evening, and the full roll will be Thursday and Friday mornings.  The schedule below has been updated to reflect this.

We will be deploying server version 1.23 to Second Life in a rolling restart next week, following the schedule:

• Tue, 07/08, Wed, 07/09, 7:30PM : a pilot roll to ~300 regions
• Wed, 07/09, Thu, 07/10, 5:00-9:00AM : a rolling restart of half the grid
• Thu, 07/10, Fri, 07/11, 5:00-9:00AM : a rolling restart of the rest of the grid

Each region will be down for about 10 minutes; regions will receive warnings starting 5 minutes before they are restarted. If your region stays down for more than 20 or 30 minutes, please contact support. There is no way to delay the restart of any given region. No client upgrades will be needed as a result of this rolling restart.”